
LTO-5 Tape Drive User’s Guide 37
Chapter 4
Theory
This chapter describes operational theories used in the LTO-5 Tape Drive.
The topics covered in this chapter are:
• Track Layout
• Recording Method on page 38
• Data Buffer
on page 39
• Data Integrity
on page 39
• Data Compression
on page 41
Track Layout
With the LTO-5 Tape Drive, there are 1280 data tracks on the LTO tape,
numbered 0 through 1279.
The area between adjacent servo bands is a data band. There are 4 data
bands, each of which includes 300 data tracks. The data bands are
numbered 3, 1, 0, 2. Data band 2 is closest to the bottom edge of the tape.
A track group is a set of tracks that is recorded concurrently. The sets of 20
data tracks in a data band are data sub-bands. There are 20 data sub-bands
per data band. The data tracks are accessed in a serpentine manner.
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